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They’re an unlikely pairing but Melania Trump and Philip May will have to become BFFs very quickly.

Because they’re set to spend the entire morning together as their spouses hang out at Chequers.

Philip will act as Melania’s escort as they meet ‘schoolchildren and veterans’ at a secret location in London until the FLOTUS rejoins Trump to meet the Queen at Windsor this afternoon.

But what exactly will the 60-year-old Oxford graduate and 48-year-old former model chat about? They are, after all, chalk and cheese.

They’re an unlikely pairing but Melania Trump and Philip May will have to become BFFs very quickly (Picture: PA)

Background

Philip May – Raised in Norfolk, Mrs May’s husband is the son of a shoe salesman and a French teacher mother. He studied History at Lincoln College, Oxford and was the president of the Oxford Union debating society.

Melania Trump – Born in Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), Melania Knauss is the daughter of a successful car dealer. She was raised in Sevnica and would often go on ski holidays in Austria. She studied architecture and design at university however gave up after a year to pursue a modelling career.

Prime Minister Theresa May and husband Philip May prepare to welcome The Trumps (Picture: Getty)

Career

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Philip May – He was briefly chairman of a local Conservative association in Wimbledon before building his career in finance, managing pension funds for the Prudential and Deutsche Asset Management. He is now a client relationship manager at the US investment advisers Capital Group.

Melania Trump – The now First Lady began a contract with a Milan agency when she was 18. She notably posed naked on a bear fur rug for British GQ magazine.

Love story

Theresa May once recalled: ‘He was good-looking and there was an immediate attraction. We danced, though I can’t remember the music.’

Melania Trump – After modelling in Europe, Melania moved to New York in 1996 and two years later, met Donald Trump at the Kit Kat Club on Times Square while he was still married to his second wife Marla Marples and on a date with another woman.

Trump is said to have gone ‘crazy’ when he spotted Melania at the party and asked for her telephone number. Despite being 24 years his junior, she rang him three days later.

Mrs May and Trump will have a working lunch at Chequers today (Picture: Reuters)

Wedding

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Philip May – Philip and Theresa married at her father’s church in Wheatley, Oxfordshire in 1980 and it was reportedly a modest affair.

Melania Trump – In contrast, Melania and Donald married in 2005 with an extravagant ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida. The former model wore a $100,000 Dior dress for the $1million party, which had a 50lb Grand Marnier wedding cake

The pair married and she gave birth to their son Barron in 2006.

(Picture: Andrew Parsons / i-Images)

Family life

Philip May – The Mays were unable to have children and the PM still finds it difficult to talk about it. However, they have seemed to have struck a happy balance, with Philip doing ‘boy jobs’ like taking the rubbish out. He’s also happy to take a back seat when it comes to public engagements, letting his wife have her time to shine.

Melania Trump – The Trumps have a 12-year-old son called Barron who Melania is devoted too. So much so that she stayed in New York for the first five months of her husband’s presidency, so their son could finish his year at school.